Sermon: “Losing (and Finding) Your Religion” from Rev. Gretchen Haley and Rev. Elaine Aron-Tenbrink

What does it mean to be a religious community that welcomes diversity? And what are the limits of that welcome? Sometimes people say that Unitarian Universalists can believe anything they want or that anything goes. But that is a myth. Boundaries in our faith help create safety and a deeper sense of belonging and meaning-making for us all.  In this week's episode, Rev. Gretchen Haley explores the gifts and the limits of being an intentionally diverse religious community. 

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From Series: "Losing (and Finding) Your Religion"

For a lot of people these days, the idea of being "religious" feels off-putting. It brings up images of a shaming or judgmental old-fashioned community. More and more people are identifying as spiritual but not religious and will talk about finding God in nature or journeying on their own spiritual path. It's just that sometimes, those same people find themselves loving being at church - for example, the Foothills Unitarian Church. This can cause a little bit of an identity crisis...like, am I a person who is religious? Is this a religion? And...how will I tell my friends?  In Losing (and Finding) Your Religion, we get at some of these foundational questions and help name and articulate a different way of being religious that is grounded in liberation and hope for our world today.